Abstract
The role of energy is cardinal for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the enhancement and modernization of energy generation and management practices. The smart grid enables efficient communication between utilities and the end- users, and enhances the user experience by monitoring and controlling the energy transmission. The smart grid deals with an enormous amount of energy data, and the absence of proper techniques for data collection, processing, monitoring and decision-making ultimately makes the system ineffective. Big data analytics, in association with the smart grid, enable better grid visualization and contribute toward the attainment of sustainability. The current research work deals with the achievement of sustainability in the smart grid and efficient data management using big data analytics, that has social, economic, technical and political impacts. This study provides clear insights into energy data generated in the grid and the possibilities of energy theft affecting the sustainable future. The paper provides insights about the importance of big data analytics, with their effects on the smart grids’ performance towards the achievement of SDGs. The work highlights efficient real-time energy data management involving artificial intelligence and machine learning for a better future, to short out the effects of the conventional smart grid without big data analytics. Finally, the work discusses the challenges and future directions to improve smart grid technologies with big data analytics in action.
Highlights
A Comprehensive Review on Sustainable Aspects of Big DataVinoth Kumar Ponnusamy 1 , Padmanathan Kasinathan 2,3 , Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan 4 , Vinoth Ramanathan 5 , Ranjith Kumar Anandan 6 , Umashankar Subramaniam 7, * , Aritra Ghosh 8 and Eklas Hossain 9, *
The functional elements and predictive analyses that are performed in the smart grid yield knowledgeable insights through which better, faster and more informed decision-making can be achieved on the smart grid, as detailed under Section 3.1 [61,62]
With the literature analysis from the previous works related to big data analytics in smart grids, the concepts, requirements and technologies involved are highlighted
Summary
Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy 1 , Padmanathan Kasinathan 2,3 , Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan 4 , Vinoth Ramanathan 5 , Ranjith Kumar Anandan 6 , Umashankar Subramaniam 7, * , Aritra Ghosh 8 and Eklas Hossain 9, *. Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK;. Oregon Renewable Energy Center (OREC), Department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR 97601, USA. R.; Ramanathan, V.; Anandan, R.K.; Subramaniam, U.; Ghosh, A.; Hossain, E. A Comprehensive Review on Sustainable Aspects of Big Data. Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations
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